Quotes About Pride

I've got Africa stamped on my chest, and I've outlined Nigeria because that's my bloodline.

I'm grounded in who I am, and I am a confident black man. A confident, Nigerian, black, chocolate man. I'm proud of my heritage, and no man can take that away from me.

I have a saying: Nigerians don't fit in second place. Everything we do we go hard.

I'm proud of being a Nigerian international and am always committed to playing for my country.

Obviously, there are nights in any job when you don't want to be there, but that's when the pride factor comes in.

I'm proud to be considered a member of the Nike family.

I would never allow anyone to give me money, no difference how badly I needed it. I wanted literally to earn my living.

I have no idea why we bleed maize and blue, but we do. There's something about Michigan. Maybe it's that we're less jaded out there in the Midwest, I don't know, but it's a love of what we do and each other that brings us together. It's just a magic place.

I have no intention to make a name for myself and to separate my identity from my brother's name. I am proud to be identified as Shahid's brother. There is no shame in it.

There's no point apologizing about where you come from.

I love being Jewish; I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it.

I'm strong and proud, and the luckiest man alive.

I am not proud of the fact that major ingredients of my emotional history are available for purchase today at CVS.

I can't believe I told you all those things and we've ended up talking about how great I am.' 'But we're not. You've confused the two things again. You're not great. You're a shallow, feckless, self-indulgent... wanker.' 'Thanks.

He died alone because he was too embarrassed to phone anyone.

Maybe Grodzenski was showing me, with his quiet pride, the reason he hummed a little while he worked.

and he said: you pretty full of yourself ain't chu so she replied: show me someone not full of herself and i'll show you a hungry person

I'm told by my young friends that experience is much more important than books. Of course Ben Franklin had something to say about experience and fools, but even Franklin thought that a fool would learn by his experience. That has proven false in the modern world. Some people are simply unwilling to learn under any circumstances, which maybe, even then, wouldn't be so bad if they weren't so damned proud of it.

Your ego is not your amigo.

Cine oare a creat acest labirint al nesigurantei, acest templu al trufiei, acest ulcior cu pacate, acest ogor semanat cu mii de viclesuguri, aceasta poarta a iadului, acest cos plin pana la refuz de siretlicuri, aceasta otrava care aduce cu mierea: femeia?

She left me because she could, because I made a choice that allowed her to walk away. I could make her proud of me, proud of what she'd accomplished in me, but I could never make her love me.

When you swallow that pride, Eve, take care you don't choke on it.

Oh, what marvelous egomaniacs you men are!

A scan of the walls had the grin turning to a wince. Blue ribbons, medals, awards were all neatly framed and displayed.There were photographs of her in formal riding gear flying over jumps, smiling from the back of a horse or standing with her cheek pressed to her mount's neck. And in a thick frame was an Olympic medal. A silver. Well hell.We'll make that two portions of crow, he murmured.